During Which Stage Does the Central Processing Unit Analyze the Instruction

question 35

Multiple Choice

During which stage does the central processing unit analyze the instruction and encode it in the form of a number, and then generate an electronic signal?

• A)fetch
• B)decode
• C)execute
• D)portability stage

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